How to pray the rosary

HOW TO PRAY THE ROSARY

1.While holding the crucifix, begin with the Sign of the Cross. Next, pray the Apostles' Creed.

2. Pray the Our Father.

3. Pray three Hail Marys.

4. Announce the first mystery; then pray the Our Father.

5. Pray ten Hail Marys. (This is called a decade.)

6. Pray the Glory Be and the Fatima prayers.

Before the next decade, announce the mystery and pray the Our Father.

For each set of 10 beads (decade), pray ten Hail Marys while meditating on the mystery.

7. After completing the five decades, pray the Hail, Holy Queen.

v Prayers of the rosary

v The mysteries of the rosary

“In our day, Our Lady has been given to us as the best defense against the evils that afflict modern life; Marian devotion is the sure guarantee of her maternal protection and safeguard in the hour of temptation. And what an unfailing support is this mysterious presence of the Virgin Most Pure, when we invoke the protection and the help of the Senhora Aparecida! Let us place in her most holy hands the lives of priests and consecrated laypersons, seminarians and all who are called to religious life.”

“Let us give thanks to God the Father, to God the Son, to God the Holy Spirit from whom, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, we receive all the blessings of heaven; from whom we receive this gift which, together with faith, is the greatest grace that can be bestowed upon a creature: the firm desire to attain the fullness of charity, in the conviction that holiness is not only possible but also necessary for every person in his or her own state of life, so as to reveal to the world the true face of Christ, our friend! Amen!”

From the Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI
on the occasion of the Fifth General Conference
of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean

Holy Mass and Canonization of

Father Antônio De Sant'ana Galvão, OFM

Friday, May 11, 2007

"Campo De Marte," São Paulo, Brazil

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LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MARY

More Prayers to Mary

Pray the rosary with me—The online rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary with meditations in English and Spanish

The Mary Page

New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia‒The Blessed Virgin Mary

EWTN‒Mary

Catholic Online‒Mary, the Blessed Mother

Catholic Answers‒tracts on Mary

Catholic Pages‒about the Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast days of the Blessed Virgin Mary

A litany to the Blessed Virgin

What Catholics believe about Mary

Rosary prayers in other languages

The Vatican Web site

Diocese of Austin‒The Catholic Church in Central Texas

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